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'''Egypt''' is a region of Africa that is home to one of the oldest known civilizations in the world. The ancient Egyptians are best remembered for their intricate beliefs about the importance of the afterlife, which led to their creation of the pyramid (a square-based triangular tomb of stone) and the [[mummy]] (a bandaged corpse specially prepared to last for eternity). They are generally the only African culture that anyone outside of Africa is actually aware of, which can at least be partly blamed on the "Egyptology" crazed that hit the US in the mid-1900s. | '''Egypt''' is a region of Africa that is home to one of the oldest known civilizations in the world. The ancient Egyptians are best remembered for their intricate beliefs about the importance of the afterlife, which led to their creation of the pyramid (a square-based triangular tomb of stone) and the [[mummy]] (a bandaged corpse specially prepared to last for eternity). They are generally the only African culture that anyone outside of Africa is actually aware of, which can at least be partly blamed on the "Egyptology" crazed that hit <strike> the US in the mid-1900s </strike> Europe and America after Napoleon's campaign in Egypt. | ||
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Egypt is a region of Africa that is home to one of the oldest known civilizations in the world. The ancient Egyptians are best remembered for their intricate beliefs about the importance of the afterlife, which led to their creation of the pyramid (a square-based triangular tomb of stone) and the mummy (a bandaged corpse specially prepared to last for eternity). They are generally the only African culture that anyone outside of Africa is actually aware of, which can at least be partly blamed on the "Egyptology" crazed that hit the US in the mid-1900s Europe and America after Napoleon's campaign in Egypt.